On IOS there is not much point in using Firefox, because it’s just an UI shell for Safari with crippled functionality at that. I hope EU law will make real Firefox a possibility.

Actually yes. I bought a brand new -discounted old stock- Iphone 4s for my mum near the end of the ios 8 cycle. The day before we installed ios 9 on it, it had okay performance and good battery life. Following the update to ios9 the performance went to complete shit. (the battery remained usable for 2 more years after, but it was not a good experience for her)

I think he used to be at least business smart earlier in his life. I keep parroting it, but he might have covid fog, or destroyed his brain with drugs or something…

"If a company offers a lot of different products or one product that can do everything, usually none of those are really good. "

I wish this applied to Google xD (Their search & web browser used to be good. Their cloud/photo storage and email services are still amazing.)

long past their capability to actually run the updated software

Well, Apple intentionally slowed those devices down to make the users update, instead of using an insecure device, that would’ve provided a good experience otherwise.

And these days Apple is retiring devices arbitrarily for profits too. For example this year they are retiring the Iphone 8, which has better hardware, than the ipad 2018 that is still being supported…

Give them to the kids with a QR code guide sticker about installing Linux on them? I’m not a kid, but I would love if someone “threw” a couple of these in my general direction.

I’m telling you, he has Covid fog.

Just f quit, let it all burn. The problem is moderators often enjoy that little power & importance they have & are perhaps addicted to that a little. Am I wrong?

WoW’s right now is something else. (timed M+ ruined everyone’s chill mindset)

98 was very strong, but I would argue until like 2005 every year was pretty amazing.

They are probably trying to separate the taskbar from the desktop.

I’m 99.9% sure this is only visual, without major changes under the hood.

It’s visually pleasing, but very impractical.

Nox (the better single player Diablo, with some incredible game mechanics, even looking at it today)

Hexplore

Imperium Galactica

Giants (this game ran like shit on every age appropriate PC, I’m kind of wondering if the engine can even run without stuttering, but it’s a fantastic game)

Gothic 1 (alive open worlds are not that new and exciting anymore, but this game has a lot of charm & an amazing sense of exploration)

The Longest Journey

Knights and Merchants (combat strategy game, the later levels are combat only and it’s very HARD)

Rage of Mages 2

Chrono Cross (probably the best jrpg of all time, but the combat system scared away many)

These are not really forgotten & qualify for being a cult classic, but merely they are old titles that the new kids have never touched:

Baldur’s Gate 1-2

Morrowind (so much better than Skyrim, it’s not even close)

Pharaoh & Caesar 3 (the city builders, there is a recently released HD remake for Pharaoh)

Oddworld: Abe’s Odessey (Much better art style & direction than in the still great remake called New and Tasty)

Jazz Jackrabbit 1 (Sonic feels soulless compared to this)

Settlers 3

Chrono Trigger (It’s not really a cult classic, because eventually all jrpg fans play this, right, RIGHT?)

FF13, my comp could not beat the final boss.

Do you perhaps have a source on this? (I’m really interested, not a sarcastic question)

I thought that Reddit’s only major problem was the fake internet point thing, before the venture capital craziness started that is.

Or just accept that kids -at least boys- will watch porn after hitting puberty. Stopping that requires crazy helicopter parenting I think.

but the field is way too new and techniques too crude to make this work without a few million dollars in R&D

I think AI is evolving so rapidly that by the time they get anywhere with this on Gizmodo the hand holding might not be nearly as necessary.